Closing arguments are starting Wednesday in the trial of nine defendants accused of a sex trafficking conspiracy. Many of the defendants and victims are of Somali descent. The reported crimes stretch from Minnesota to Ohio to Tennessee.
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Federal jury convicts three, acquits six in Somali sex trafficking trial
The case involved nine of the 30 defendants accused of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of juveniles in Minnesota, Ohio and Tennessee. After five days of deliberations in Nashville, jurors found three men from the Twin Cities guilty and they could be sentenced to life.
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Trial begins for 9 accused of trafficking children for sex in MN, Tennessee
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Cultural issues hold up Somali prostitution case
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